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A 21-year-old woman with dyspnea and an abnormal chest radiograph.

Tags: 2009, Angiography/methods, Barreiro Timothy J, Bronchi/*abnormalities, Chest, Department of Internal Medicine, Dyspnea/diagnosis/etiology, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Gemmel David J, Humans, Lung/abnormalities/diagnostic imaging, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pulmonary Artery/diagnostic imaging, Radiography, Respiratory System Abnormalities/complications/*diagnosis, Risk Assessment, Thoracic, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Young Adult

A fixed-dose combination of adapalene 0.1%-BPO 2.5% allows an early and sustained improvement in quality of life and patient treatment satisfaction in severe acne.

INTRODUCTION: Acne has a significant negative impact on quality of life (QoL): lack of self-confidence, depressive symptoms and suicidal thoughts. The objective was to assess the impact of an initial and continued therapy in severe acne patients…

A multi-dimensional measure of vocational identity status.

Establishing a worker identity is among the most central aspects of the transition from adolescence to adulthood. Despite its importance, few measures with acceptable psychometric and conceptual characteristics exist to assess vocational identity…

Tags: *Career Choice, *Employment, 2011, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Female, Humans, Journal of adolescence, Lee Bora, Male, NEOMED College of Medicine, Ohio, Porfeli Erik J, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires/*standards, Vondracek Fred W, Weigold Ingrid K, Young Adult

A multi-dimensional measure of vocational identity status.

Tags: 2011, Career Planning and Development, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Employment, Female, Human, Journal of adolescence, Lee B, Male, NEOMED College of Medicine, Ohio, Porfeli EJ, Psychometrics, Questionnaires – Standards, Vondracek FW, Weigold IK, Young Adult

A Rare Case of Tubulointerstitial Nephritis and Uveitis Syndrome Treated with a Multi-Specialty Approach.

BACKGROUND It is important for an ophthalmologist and nephrologist to look for hidden causes of uveitis and nephritis, respectively. Delay in diagnosis leads to increased morbidity and failure to systemically manage the patient results in future…

Admission to the Intensive Care Unit is Associated With Changes in the Oral Mycobiome.

A prospective exploratory study was conducted to characterize the oral mycobiome at baseline and determine whether changes occur after admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). We found that ICU admission is associated with alterations in the oral…

Air in temporomandibular joint: an indirect, specific CT sign of temporal bone fracture in the setting of head trauma.

Tags: 2011, Craniocerebral Trauma/diagnostic imaging, Diagnosis, Differential, Goyal Manish, Humans, Male, Montaser Anoosh, Pneumocephalus/*diagnostic imaging/etiology, Skull Fractures/complications/*diagnostic imaging, Temporal Bone/diagnostic imaging/*injuries, Temporomandibular Joint/*diagnostic imaging/injuries, The Journal of trauma, Tomography, Weiner Mark A, X-Ray Computed, Young Adult

Alterations in gene array patterns in dendritic cells from aged humans.

Dendritic cells (DCs) are major antigen-presenting cells that play a key role in initiating and regulating innate and adaptive immune responses. DCs are critical mediators of tolerance and immunity. The functional properties of DCs decline with age.…

An Engagement Intervention for Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions.

Young adults with serious mental health conditions (SMHCs) often do not engage continuously with mental health services, and there are few engagement interventions designed for them. This qualitative study presents a blueprint for conceptualizing and…

Anatomical Look Into OnabotulinumtoxinA Injection for Chronic Migraine Headache.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: While existing studies about onabotulinumtoxinA for chronic migraines have focused on injection location and appropriate dosing, little consideration has been given to patient body habitus and its potential impact on…

Tags: 2018, 80 and over, Adolescence, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Anatomic Landmarks/anatomy & histology/*diagnostic imaging, Ansari Hossein, Blaha Taryn, Body Regions, Body Regions – Anatomy and Histology, Botulinum Toxins, Botulinum Toxins – Administration and Dosage, Chronic Disease, Female, Human, Humans, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Migraine, Migraine – Drug Therapy, Migraine Disorders/*diagnostic imaging/*drug therapy, Narouze Samer, Neck Muscles, Neck Muscles – Anatomy and Histology, Neck Muscles – Drug Effects, Neck Muscles/anatomy & histology/*diagnostic imaging/drug effects, Pilot Projects, Pilot Studies, Random Allocation, Random Assignment, Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, Swanson Marco, Tomography, Totonchi Ali, Type A/*administration & dosage, Wu-Fienberg Yuewei, X-Ray Computed – Methods, X-Ray Computed/methods, Young Adult, Zardouz Shawn

Assessing the impact on patient-physician interaction when physicians use personal digital assistants: a Northeastern Ohio Network (NEON) study.

BACKGROUND: The effects of the use of technological devices on dimensions that affect the physician-patient relationship need to be well understood. OBJECTIVES: Determine patients' perceptions of physicians' personal digital assistant (PDA) use,…

Associations between Difficulty Paying Medical Bills and Forgone Medical and Prescription Drug Care.

Problems paying medical bills have been reported to be associated with increased stress, bankruptcy, and forgone medical care. Using the Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations developed by Gelberg et al as a framework, as well as data from the…

Automated identification of antibiotic overdoses and adverse drug events via analysis of prescribing alerts and medication administration records.

Objectives: Electronic trigger detection tools hold promise to reduce Adverse drug event (ADEs) through efficiencies of scale and real-time reporting. We hypothesized that such a tool could automatically detect medication dosing errors as well as…

Tags: *Algorithms, *Medical Order Entry Systems, 2017, Adolescence, Adolescent, adverse drug event, Adverse Drug Event – Prevention and Control, Age Distribution, Algorithms, Anti-Bacterial Agents/*administration & dosage/adverse effects, Antibiotics – Administration and Dosage, Antibiotics – Adverse Effects, Child, Clinical, Computer Assisted, Computer-Assisted, Courter Joshua D, CPOE, Damania Rahul, Decision Support Systems, Demography, Dexheimer Judith W, Drug Overdose/diagnosis/*prevention & control, Drug Therapy, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions/*prevention & control, electronic health record, Electronic Health Records, electronic medical record, Electronic Order Entry, Female, Funding Source, Hagedorn Philip, Hospitals, Humans, Infant, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA, Kirkendall Eric S, Kouril Michal, Li Dan, Male, medical order entry system, Medication Errors – Prevention and Control, Medication Errors – Statistics and Numerical Data, Medication Errors/*prevention & control/statistics & numerical data, Minich Thomas, Newborn, Overdose – Diagnosis, Overdose – Prevention and Control, Patient Safety, Pediatric, Preschool, Risk Management, Spooner S Andrew, Szczesniak Rhonda, Young Adult

Barriers to medication adherence among adolescents and young adults with cancer

Background: Adherence promotion is a critical component of adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer care, but predictors of nonadherence that could be targeted in intervention efforts remain largely unknown. The purpose of this multi-site longitudinal…

Tags: 2022, Cancer, Patient Reported Outcome Measures, psychosocial functioning, Young Adult

Benign hyperostotic mass of the frontal bone.

Diagnosis of a slow-growing mass of the cranium can be challenging. We present a rare clinical report of a 19-year-old woman with a unilateral mass of the frontal bone. Pathological diagnosis was hyperostosis, which is extremely rare in this age…

Tags: 2012, Bone Transplantation/methods, Chen Oriana I, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Frontal Bone/diagnostic imaging/surgery, Humans, Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna/*diagnosis, Murthy Ananth S, Osteotomy/methods, The Journal of craniofacial surgery, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Young Adult

Benzodiazepine-associated atrioventricular block.

Dysrhythmias, although common in overdose situations, are not often seen after benzodiazepine exposures. We report two cases of transient atrioventricular block after benzodiazepine misuse. Case 1 is a 4-year-old boy who was found unresponsive after…

Buprenorphine Exposures Among Children and Adolescents Reported to US Poison Control Centers.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate buprenorphine exposures among children and adolescents

Can ultrasound be used to predict malignancy in patients with a thyroid nodule and an indeterminate fine-needle aspiration biopsy?

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether ultrasonography is helpful in predicting malignancy in patients with a thyroid nodule and atypia/follicular lesion of undetermined significance (AFLUS). METHODS: All patients with a…

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the hospitalized patient: impact of system-based variables on outcomes in cardiac arrest.

BACKGROUND: A better understanding of the factors affecting the outcome of inpatient cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is crucial in making key clinical decisions. We aim to study the impact of various patient-related and hospital-related variables…

Caudate body (CB) sign: new early CT sign of hyperacute anterior cerebral circulation infarction.

This case series describes the caudate body (CB) sign noted in computed tomography (CT) scans of patients who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) clinically manifesting symptoms suggestive of anterior cerebral circulation infarction. This sign…

Tags: *Tomography, 2011, 80 and over, Aged, Ahmed Shamima Y, Basal Ganglia – Pathology, Brain Infarction/*diagnostic imaging, Caudate Nucleus/*pathology, Emergency Medicine, Emergency radiology, Female, Humans, Infarction – Radiography, Khalaf Hamzah Suhail, Kurman Andrew J, Male, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Young Adult

CBTRUS Statistical Report: Primary Brain and Other Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2009-2013.

Characterization of combat-related spinal injuries sustained by a US Army Brigade Combat Team during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: The United States is presently engaged in the largest scale armed conflict since Vietnam. Despite recent investigations into the scope of injuries sustained by soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, little information is available…

Tags: *Iraq War, 2003-2011, 2012, Adolescent, Adult, Belmont Philip J Jr, Female, Goodman Gens P, Humans, Incidence, Male, Middle Aged, Military Personnel/statistics & numerical data, Schoenfeld Andrew J, Spinal Injuries/*epidemiology, The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society, United States/epidemiology, Young Adult

Characterization of the incidence and risk factors for the development of lumbar radiculopathy.

STUDY DESIGN: Epidemiological study of a prospectively collected database. OBJECTIVES: This investigation sought to evaluate the incidence of symptomatic lumbar radiculopathy, and identify risk factors for its development, among individuals serving…

Cognitive Roadblock Not Gateway: Effects of Visual Vaping Cues on Young Adults' Harm Perceptions

Objectives: In this study, we experimentally tested 2 hypotheses regarding visual vaping cues in e-cigarette video advertisements on harm perceptions immediately following exposure (T1), and again, 2 weeks later (T2). The cognitive gateway hypothesis…

Computed Tomography Artifact Created by Air in the X-ray Tube Oil.

A subtle artifact of patchy hypodensities in computed tomography images of the head mimicked acute or subacute cerebral infarct. The cause of the artifact was air in the oil of the x-ray tube. The artifact manifested only when the acquisition…

Congenital anomaly of the inferior vena cava and factor V Leiden mutation predisposing to deep vein thrombosis.

A previously healthy 21-year-old man presented with back pain, bilateral extremity pain, and right lower extremity weakness, paresthesias, and swelling. Sonographic examination revealed diffuse deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in the femoral and popliteal…

Tags: *Mutation, 2014, Activated Protein C Resistance/*complications/diagnosis/drug therapy/genetics, Anticoagulants – Therapeutic Use, Anticoagulants/therapeutic use, Blood Coagulation Factors, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), Disease Susceptibility, DNA Mutational Analysis, Erickson Cameron R, Factor V/*genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Hematologic Diseases, Hematologic Diseases – Complications, Hematologic Diseases – Diagnosis, Hematologic Diseases – Drug Therapy, Human, Humans, Inferior – Abnormalities, Inferior – Radiography, Inferior – Ultrasonography, inferior vena cava (IVC), Inferior/*abnormalities/diagnostic imaging, Kulthia Arun, Lamparello Brooke M, lower extremities, Male, Mutation, Phlebography – Methods, Phlebography/methods, Predictive Value of Tests, Risk Factors, Sequence Analysis, Thet Zeyar, thrombophilic, Tomography, Ultrasonography, Vascular Health and Risk Management, Vascular Malformations – Complications, Vascular Malformations – Diagnosis, Vascular Malformations/*complications/diagnosis, Vena Cava, venography, Venous Thrombosis, Venous Thrombosis – Diagnosis, Venous Thrombosis – Drug Therapy, Venous Thrombosis – Etiology, Venous Thrombosis/diagnosis/drug therapy/*etiology/genetics, Virparia Vasudev, X-Ray Computed, Young Adult

Crisis intervention team officer dispatch, assessment, and disposition: Interactions with individuals with severe mental illness.

The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) model is a specialized police response program for people in a mental illness crisis. We analyzed 2174 CIT officers' reports from one community, which were completed during a five year period. These officers'…

Critical Care Helicopter Overtriage: A Failure Mode and Effects Analysis.

OBJECTIVE: Overtriage (OT) of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) poses significant burden to multiple stakeholders. The project aims were to identify the following: 1) associated factors, 2) downstream effects, and 3) focus areas for …

Delayed Primary Epstein-Barr Virus Infection: Clinical and Immunologic Manifestations.

Tags: 2013, Delayed, Department of Internal Medicine, Epidemiology, Epstein-Barr Virus Infections – Risk Factors, Epstein-Barr Virus Infections – Symptoms, Female, Hematologic Tests, Hypersensitivity, Immune System, Internal Medicine Alert, Male, Minnesota, NEOMED College of Medicine, Prospective Studies, Severity of Illness, T Lymphocytes – Physiology, Watkins Richard R, Young Adult

Development of Entrustable Professional Activities for Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Training in the United States.

CONTEXT: Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) represent the key physician tasks of a specialty. Once a trainee demonstrates competence in an activity, they can then be "entrusted" to practice without supervision. A physician workgroup of the…

Direct care staff and parents'/legal guardians' perspectives on end-of-life care in a long-term care facility for medically fragile and intellectually disabled pediatric and young adult residents.

OBJECTIVE: Children and young adults with severe disabilities and their families are faced with enormous challenges throughout the lifespan, including admitting the child to a long-term care facility (LTCF) and making end-of-life (EOL) care…

Disease Burden Among Individuals with Severe Mental Illness in a Community Setting.

This study examines the prevalence of comorbid physical health conditions within a community sample of individuals with severe mental illness (SMI), compares them to a matched national sample without SMI, and identifies which comorbidities create the…

Dynamic automatic ultrasound optimization: time savings, keystroke savings, and image quality.

PURPOSE: The aims of this study were to evaluate if a dynamic automatic image optimization technique decreases examination time and number of keystrokes while maintaining or improving image quality and to determine if these variables vary with…

Dynamic tracking influenced by anatomy in patellar instability.

BACKGROUND: The current study was performed to correlate anatomical parameters related to trochlear dysplasia, tibial tuberosity position, and patella alta with in vivo patellar tracking for subjects with recurrent patellar instability. METHODS:…

Early Uncomplicated Appendicitis-Who Can We Treat Nonoperatively?

This study evaluated nonoperative treatment for mild appendicitis and reviewed selection criteria to be used in introducing this option into clinical practice. A retrospective review of 73 consecutive cases of appendicitis treated by a single surgeon…

Effects of precompression on elasticity imaging of the breast: development of a clinically useful semiquantitative method of precompression assessment.

OBJECTIVES: Elastography of the breast is a new technique for characterization of breast lesions. The reproducibility of elastographic techniques has been questioned. Precompression is known to effect elastographic results. This study determined the…

Epidemiology of cervical spine fractures in the US military.

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: The epidemiology of cervical spine fractures and associated spinal cord injury (SCI) has not previously been estimated within the American population. PURPOSE: To determine the incidence of cervical spine fractures and associated…

Estimating the annual frequency of synchronous brain metastasis in the United States 2010-2013: a population-based study.

Brain metastases (BM) are one of the most common types of brain tumors and are a relatively common event in the disease process for several high-incidence cancer types, including breast and lung cancers. Historically, information on metastases…

Exploring the Role of YouTube in Disseminating Psychoeducation.

OBJECTIVE: Social media can bridge the gap between health care and ethnic minorities over cultural barriers. This study explores the role of YouTube in delivering schizophrenia education to individuals in the USA who are also fluent in Chinese.…

Fat embolism after liposuction in Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome.

Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is a rare but potentially fatal postoperative complication from liposuction. We present the case of a 24-year-old woman with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome who developed FES as a complication of lower extremity liposuction.…

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